Suspensory device for garters, &amp;c.



No. 842,893. I PATENTED FEB.5,190'7.

s. LEVITAS.

SUSPBNSORY DEVICE FOR GARTBRS, 6m.

APPLICATION FILED APR.4.1905.

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ATTORNEY:

SARAH LEVITAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENSORY DEVIGE FOR GARTERS, 800.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed April 4, 1905. Serial No. 253,740-

.To (all whom, it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH LEVITAS, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspensory Devices for Garters, &c. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garter provided with a suspensory device made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of said device. Fig. 3 is a face view of one side of said device. Fig. 4 is a like view of the opposite side of said device. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same.

This invention is more especially designed for use in connection with garters for suspending hose, socks, &c., in position when in use; but it may also be employed for other like purposes. Its object is to provide a mechanism for such uses which shall be efficient in the operation.

It comprises a certain new and useful means and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularized in the claim.

A is a leg-band of any ordinary or suitable material, from which depends a cord, web, or loop B, to the outer or lower end of which the suspending device is attached. As the leg band and its pendent cord, web, or loop B are well known in the art and may be of any usual or suitable construction, they need no specific description here.

C is a fiat or substantially flat grippingplate of any suitable circumferential contour, cross-section, and dimensions. In this plate is a slot at, which is relatively narrow and with practically parallel sides at its outer portion and enlarged at its inner part, as more fully shown in Fig. 2. To the inner end of this plate C is pivotally connected by a pin 61 a toggle-plate D, to the free outer end of which is pivoted a second toggle-plate E, which constitutes a movable gripping member, operating as hereinbefore explained. These parts 0 D E are made of celluloid, which from its originally plastic character may be very much more readily prepared than metal for the manufacture of the mech anism, is very much lighter than metal, and thereby less annoying when in use, and is incapable of reaching, as is often thecase with metal, a temperature so low as to cause discomfort to the wearer, and is rust-proof, so that it cannot soil the fabric with which it comes in contact. Upon the toggle-plate E is a stem 6, upon the outer end of which is a knob c.

The parts are so proportioned and arranged in such relation with each other that on occasion the stem and its knob may be thrust through the enlarged inner end portion of the slot at and then pushed outward with the stem 12, passing through the narrower outer part of said slot, with the edge of the knob extended laterally over the edges of said narrowed portion of the slot. A spring g is so applied to the joint or pivotal connec tion between the parts D and E of the toggle mechanism as to tend to normally retain the parts in the position just described.

F is a spider which serves the double purpose of hinging or pivotally connecting the inner end of the toggle-plate D to the corresponding end of the slotted plate C. This spider should be of metal and comprises a sleeve Z, from one end of which extend two wirelike clips or tentacles f, which preferably are integral with the sleeve. In the adjacent innermost end of the plate C and toggle-plate D are coincident holes g. The clips f are passed through these holes and then turned or loo ed over so as to connect the plate C and t e toggle-plate D, as by a loose and easily-manipulated hinge. The free outer end of the pendent strap or cord B is passed into the sleeve Z, and the latter is then compressed upon the material to firmly attach through the clips f the two plates C and D to the strap or cord B.

In applying the mechanism to use the legband A is adjusted in position with its strap or cord pendent and with the toggle-plate bent to bring the stem 1) and its knob 0 clear up the slot a. The fabric to be held suspended'1' 6., the sock or stocking-legis laid upon or over the button, and the latter, as hereinbefore described, is thrust through the larger inner end of the slot and is then pushed outward to and into the narrowed outer portion of the slot, with the result that the fabric around the edge of the button is gripped between the said edge and the edges of the narrowed portion of the slot with fabric stretched tightly over the outer surface of the button. By this means the fabric is firmly held and supported in position and at the same time is capable of ready and con- Venient release by simply bending back the I having a stem and knob arranged to pass toggle-joint upon the pivot d, Which connects 1 through the larger end of the aforesaid slot its tWo toggle-plates D E as indicated by the and then to the narrowed portion thereof, of dotted lines in Fig. 2. a spring arranged to retain, under normal I5 What I claim as my invention is conditions, the toggle-plates to hold the knob The combination with a gripping-plate and stem in their gripping position at the constructed with a slot enlarged at one end l narrowed end of said slot, as described. and narrowed at the other, of a primary tog- SARAH LEVITAS. gle-plate hinged at one end of the grippingplate, and a second toggle-plate pivoted to A the free end of the primary toggle-plate and Witnesses JAMES A. WHITNEY, GEO. R. HALL. 

